Animated toy book.



W. R. CROSS.

ANIMATED TOY,BO0K.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2l. |914.

1,1 39,643. Patented May 18, 1915.

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WILLIAM R. CROSS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ANIMA'IED TOY BOOK.

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Speciiicaton of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 21, 1914. Serial No. 862,868.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Animated Toy Book; and I do hereby declare amusement of children, but also for theirV instruction.

Generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

rI`he figures, which are preferably made to represent various different animals7 are so mounted on certain of the leaves of the book that they will be folded into, or between the leaves of the book when the book is closed, but will automatically spring or move into erect or other projected positions when the leaves between which they are contained, are opened up.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing the book opened up and one of the animal figures turned into an elevated position; and Fig. 2 is anenlarged section taken on the line m2 m2 on Fig. l.

The book may have any desired number of leaves, and the leaves may be of various different construction. As shown, each leaf is made up of a central cloth sheet 1 having paper facings 2, the thicknesses of which are exaggerated in Fig. 2. With this arrangement, the paper faeings 2 are omitted at the centers or hinge line of the book sov as to adapt the leaves to be readily folded and to be bound together.

The facings ofthe leaves which fold together are preferably arranged as supplemental, one to the other and marked with a representation of a circus ring or stage 3, which is partly on each of the said leaves. On one of the leaves is the Xed figure, such as the representation of a boy or man 4,

with a whip, and indicative of an animal f trainer or ring master. 0n the other leaf is a movable gure representing some animal, the illustration shown being VAthat of a kangaroo. rIhis figure 5 is formed inde pendently of the leaves and is pivotally con nected to one of the leaves and under elastic or spring tension to move from its dotted line position in Fig. 1, into its upright full line position in Fig. 1. This elastic pivotal connection is preferably made by a small rubber band 6 passed through the leg-forming portions of the figure 5 and through an anchoring clip or plate 7, preferably of strong paper and which is secured by adhesive material to the leaf to which the iigure 5 is pivoted. rihis rubber band 6 tends to hold the figure 5 in theprojected position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, but it will readily yield Yto permit the figure to be turned into the dotted line position in Fig. 1, so that when the book is closed, the said figure will be held entirely protected be-V tween the folded leaves. When the leaves are opened up, the animal figure 5, will be automatically flipped into the projected full line position shown. Of course, it must be forced back into its dotted line position by hand.

In practice, the book is provided with a large number of leaves and betweeny each pair of leaves will be mounted one of the series of different ligures representing animals, or other objects. On the leaves to which the figures are pivoted, just below the figures, are preferablyV outlined spaces 8, iny

which a nursery rhyme, or descriptive matter relating to the adjacent figure may be printed or written.

`An animated book of the kind described the folded leaves.

2. In a book provided with leaves, the adjacent faces of which aremarked to represent a ring or stage, a figure of a human ed on the adj acent'leaf, and a yielding device tending to rotatev said animal representing ll5 gure'into a projected position, and whichY figure is adapted to be turnedbetween the folded leaves against the tension of the said yielding means. n p.

3. In a book having a plurality of leaves,

l0 the combination with an object representing figure, and an elastioband pivot'allyA eonin presence of tWo Witnesses. Y

Y WILLIAM RCROSS. l/Vitnesses:

ALICE L. KING, HARRY D. KILGORE.

y signature r(fopessof this patenty may Vbefob'cainel for ve'cents each, by addressing thev Commissioner of Patents,

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